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began just prior to the election were things to pick up a bit. americans are optimistic than they have been years about the direction of the country. this takes us back to about our public opinion was in july 2009. they continued as joe mentioned, very strong belief that americans will overcome the countrcountry significant challs because the one of these hallmarks our survey but i remember in the gaps of the economic crisis, financial crisis 2009 when people were saying that some of our participants in meetings where we were showing our data were wondering how could they possibly have that optimism. basically this is been actinic that we have found through out people's confidence in themselves, be able to navigate during this difficult times. there are conflicting, let me first, this desire for compromise. both sides, republican, democrat, independent, those who voted for president obama, those who voted for governor romney want to see compromise. what they define as an acceptable compromise is very different of this notion they want to see thei
began just prior to the election were things to pick up a bit. americans are optimistic than they have been years about the direction of the country. this takes us back to about our public opinion was in july 2009. they continued as joe mentioned, very strong belief that americans will overcome the countrcountry significant challs because the one of these hallmarks our survey but i remember in the gaps of the economic crisis, financial crisis 2009 when people were saying that some of our...
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elections. >> good morning everyone. thank you, bob, for that introduction and thank you all of you for coming out early this morning for what i think will be a lively debate. we are going to be asking the question if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, victories at the ballot box are inavoidable and essential. this is the motion we will be debating in the intelligence-squared format per requests from our panelists who have done this once already -- they have had a practice round. they have not had a chance of doing this, but i suspect, had probably had several scotches and talked about ways to defeat their foes. we know that this is a time of revolution in the middle east. it started with a fruit sell seller in tunisia and toppled a 230-year dictator that spread to egypt and the egyptian revolution was concern to the united states. egypt has long held incredible importance to u.s. policy in the middle east. the u.s. reaction to that revolution was unclear. there were some that said this
elections. >> good morning everyone. thank you, bob, for that introduction and thank you all of you for coming out early this morning for what i think will be a lively debate. we are going to be asking the question if democracy is to triumph in the middle east, victories at the ballot box are inavoidable and essential. this is the motion we will be debating in the intelligence-squared format per requests from our panelists who have done this once already -- they have had a practice round....
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elections. concrete steps have to be taken to include the displaced operations and the refugees in the electoral process. given that the electoral law allows for them residing outside of the country to vote. working in collaboration with organizations such as the office of the high commissioner for the refugees that speaks with displaced persons and refugees the government could take steps to allow the significant population of refugees in the neighboring countries and the internally displaced persons to hold the region's. at the same time, as logistically challenging as it may be, holding elections in the major cities and in the northern regions would be this strong guest impossible of mali's sovereignty or territory and steps of rebuilding a democracy. the transition government is government plans and actions to the public and the crisis of legitimacy. the international community needs to harmonize its approach toward the pursuit of the polls that could lead to the legitimately elected governm
elections. concrete steps have to be taken to include the displaced operations and the refugees in the electoral process. given that the electoral law allows for them residing outside of the country to vote. working in collaboration with organizations such as the office of the high commissioner for the refugees that speaks with displaced persons and refugees the government could take steps to allow the significant population of refugees in the neighboring countries and the internally displaced...
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voters angry over president obama's second term however in the two thousand and eight presidential election obama became the first democrat in more than thirty years to win north carolina a red state turned blue with the promise of change four years later tens of thousands of voters in the very same state believe they'd be better off on their own us to the average american the things they believe in they're tired of the endless wars and here we are talking about invading iran now i can't think of anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. or signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be on the interstate driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with secession as a goal and now we're being passed on both sides in lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or ten years ago and now we're mainstream. mainstream movement to move. marina port nile artsy. will bring you inside on the global finan
voters angry over president obama's second term however in the two thousand and eight presidential election obama became the first democrat in more than thirty years to win north carolina a red state turned blue with the promise of change four years later tens of thousands of voters in the very same state believe they'd be better off on their own us to the average american the things they believe in they're tired of the endless wars and here we are talking about invading iran now i can't think...
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allies the salafist gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for a long. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could be a civil war unless acts of violence are going to continue day after day and that's what the morsi was concerned about syrian rebels have declared the country's main international airport a military zone warning civilians and they approached their own risk the u.s. is concerned rebel breakthroughs could force the government into a chemical attack something the white house says would trigger foreign intervention washington reportedly believes president assad is preparing to use chemical weapons and his art is going to take our reports allegations could be all that takes us official said intelligence agencies have detected that ourselves government has been preparing
allies the salafist gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for a long. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could be a civil war unless acts of violence are going to continue day...
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>> the president is in this debate with the greater leverage by virtue of his re-election and the fact he campaigned the issue at the core of these negotiations, raising rates on high income. this report i don't see as changing the dynamic much at all. it was one of these reports that both side could and did day care from it what they wanted to. even at 146,000, that's not at a level high enough to be bringing back into employment a lot of people that lost their jobs. gwen: there's a public dynamic, which we just say -- saw, the president and speaker. then we hope, we assume, they're a private dynamic going on. what do we know about that? >> if you talk to the speaker of the house and his statue they say there are negotiations going on between the speaker and the president. on thursday the staffs met and hashed some things out. i'm told they're going to continue talks through the weekend now, so there's something going on here behind the scenes. what we don't know but publicly they continue to fire off artillery barrageses. part of it is they can't admit they have a deal until they hav
>> the president is in this debate with the greater leverage by virtue of his re-election and the fact he campaigned the issue at the core of these negotiations, raising rates on high income. this report i don't see as changing the dynamic much at all. it was one of these reports that both side could and did day care from it what they wanted to. even at 146,000, that's not at a level high enough to be bringing back into employment a lot of people that lost their jobs. gwen: there's a...
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and that didn't start after this election. this has been going on for three years j. >> judge jeanine: all right. stay with us, panel. if will is a panel and fiscal cliff fall off of it, how much is it going to hurt? later, he was sentenced to death three times. i talked to him this week on "the view." damion he canles of the west memphis three next. >> it's very important that we get this done now that we don't wait. we are in the midst of the christmas season. the american people are counting on this getting solved. the closer it gets to the brink, the more stress they are going to be. >> >> judge jeanine: that was president obama during his visit with a middle class family this week. so does the middle class have reason to stress? back with our stellar panel. all right, guys. you know, one thing about barack obama, he is an excellent speaker. he did this whole thing about the life of julia. remember that one? and it seems like the campaign never ends. when he talks he caulks about christmas and families and stress. i want t
and that didn't start after this election. this has been going on for three years j. >> judge jeanine: all right. stay with us, panel. if will is a panel and fiscal cliff fall off of it, how much is it going to hurt? later, he was sentenced to death three times. i talked to him this week on "the view." damion he canles of the west memphis three next. >> it's very important that we get this done now that we don't wait. we are in the midst of the christmas season. the...
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you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important to note that the iran-iraq board came to an end when the u.s. mistakenly shot down an iranian civil airline. the iranians thought, well, the u.s. is going to get into this war no-holds-barred and the ayatollah made a speech. during the poisoned chalice. the cards were such that he had to simply take the best deal he could. that recommending they bond in iranian airline. on to say their is a lesson there. they backed down in the face of a credible threat of force. at the same time, if you were the iranians your thinking to yourself, well, what can i learn from the example of india and pakistan? they detonated a nuclear bombs. sanctions imposed on them for a while. a few years later
you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important to note that the iran-iraq board came to an end when the u.s. mistakenly shot down an iranian civil...
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you know out here in moscow crowds are rallying in kuwait capital against the parliament elected last week and a disputed amendment to electoral law protesters say the amendment changed the voting rules to favor pro government candidates and are seen photos taken by our correspondent lucy coming off one of the oldest gulf monarchies kuwait has been shaken by a series of political crises its rulers crackdown on protesters and block the opposition's political moves developments largely unnoticed in the western world but all of this is energizing the resistance even more as lucy explains. and you don't rises over kuwait tensions are simmering beneath the calm as those seeking political change are forced to wait another day. has turned a one sleepy community into a powerful nation although it's been ruled by the same family for more than two centuries kuwait is widely seen as the most imma craddick of the gulf monarchies get some young kuwaitis beg to differ there is a few countries. but. it's just. the government says that it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ru
you know out here in moscow crowds are rallying in kuwait capital against the parliament elected last week and a disputed amendment to electoral law protesters say the amendment changed the voting rules to favor pro government candidates and are seen photos taken by our correspondent lucy coming off one of the oldest gulf monarchies kuwait has been shaken by a series of political crises its rulers crackdown on protesters and block the opposition's political moves developments largely unnoticed...
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one new election. new parliament and we knew there was a new constitution so what are you going to do you're going to try to kick them out of power if you try to change the match for. this a civil war we're going to islamize into the students as long as. i don't or. so we're it's a very very dangerous situation it's my own situation now as concerns rising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons another troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web it shows what appears to be a rebel group testing chemical weapons on two lab rabbits placed in containers after an unknown gas is released and the death of both animals a mass person threatens to use it against syrian civilians this comes as rebel groups from across the area are uniting under one command and the latest western backed efforts to topple president bashar ideas that have to count looks into whether all the chemical fears of the west are really a prelude to foreign intervention. u.s. officials said
one new election. new parliament and we knew there was a new constitution so what are you going to do you're going to try to kick them out of power if you try to change the match for. this a civil war we're going to islamize into the students as long as. i don't or. so we're it's a very very dangerous situation it's my own situation now as concerns rising in the west that the syrian regime may use its huge arsenal of chemical weapons another troubling video appeared earlier this week on the web...
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the dow and s&p 500 gained post-election day tumble. the dow climbed 13 points for its fourth straight game. >>> more trouble for once untouchable apple. jeffries cut its price target by 100 bucks down to $480 a share. shares fell by more than half a percent on the news. >>> now on to our top story. tonight is taxes and how hard we are all about to get hit. there are already a trillion in tax increases baked right into the obamacare law and that means upper being in earners will see billions of dollars in tax hikes as it is. for democrats it is not enough. with republican lawmakers backing off the pledge not to raise taxes looks like tax hikes for the wealthy are certainty. joining for more, grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. thanks so much for joining us. >> absolutely you say a lot of people are missing the fact that obamacare baked in a ton of tax hikes for wealthier americans as it is? >> people talk about the fiscal cliff as if it is one thing. it is three. there's the obamacare taxes. to pay for obamacare were
the dow and s&p 500 gained post-election day tumble. the dow climbed 13 points for its fourth straight game. >>> more trouble for once untouchable apple. jeffries cut its price target by 100 bucks down to $480 a share. shares fell by more than half a percent on the news. >>> now on to our top story. tonight is taxes and how hard we are all about to get hit. there are already a trillion in tax increases baked right into the obamacare law and that means upper being in...
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we in in order to that we have made elections and that evolution and with elections to choose someone to the present us and turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself however morsi claims his new powers are only temporary he nor any of the b.b.q. two in the world who closely near the will tell you it is that imposing it is full immersion see it told us the same state same thing city is a war on the president obama and we stayed under emergency rule for seventy years opponents say egypt's new constitution is too islamist and could set the country on the road to religious dictatorship but some sections of society are keen to show their support for morsi and their scorn for judges who would block the constitution and i'm here to support the president morsi films all push and buy tickets for his opposition for them to the constitutional court yeah most of us knows that since it is the morsi is that he got elected by the people when it was at the fight for the head. his failure the rifts in society are undeniable and perhaps more even the north or a tarion ism his favor is that chao
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and that didn't start after this election. this has been going on for three years j. >> judge jeanine: all right. stay with us, panel. if will is a panel and fiscal cliff fall off of it, how much is it going to hurt? later, he was sentenced to death three times. i talked to him this week on "the view." damion he canles of the west memphis three next. rhonda's christmas shopping and she was loong for a laptop at best buy. let's see if walmart has a similar laptop for less. let's go. dell 14" ultrabook. over $250 less than best buy. $250??!! with 2 gigs more memory! oh my gosh! and -- yo get a $100 ft card. wow! chaching. see for yourself if you could save on the laptops you want. [ earl ]et this season's hottest brands -- like the dell ultrabook and receive a $100 gift card and when you make an electronics purchase of $599 or more on your walmart credit card, get no interest if paid in full within 24 months. america's gift headquarters. walmart. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predi
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italian prime minister mario monti who has a non-elected cabinet of technocrats stated that he plans to resign the news came hours after the country's former pm still in there was going to announce he is to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections thursday berlusconi's people of freedom party was druid support from the government he says montes astaire the policies have harmed italy and he hopes to leave the country out of the financial crisis seventy six year old has already served as italy's prime minister for three separate terms he's currently caught up in a number of scandals including tax fraud convictions which he's appealing at accusations of paying for sex with an underage prostitute something he denies. it as well and president hugo chavez has announced he is suffering from cancer once again the leader says tests showed a return of some malignant cells in the same area where tumors had been previously removed he will return to cuba where he's already received cancer treatment to either go surgery in the coming days the news comes two months after chavis was ree
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when the military council was in power before the elections after the elections so i think this is what we're going to continue to see from now on for some time now it's hard to predict what's going to happen and it will continue . to be angry about what what the government is doing so from your perspective how do you see that this is the revolution continuing some are saying that the morsi has started another revolution and he is saying he's protecting the revolution or is it just going in full circle now well i think that in two years you can see that we have had their pollution and finished it. at the moment the opposition can includes revolutionaries who are not satisfied with the muslim brotherhood in addition to take revolutionaries who are also against the muslim brotherhood. so i don't want to call this the second wave of the of lucian or a second revolution it's it's you continue it's you two well we have started already back in generate your father's letter you're saying there's unhappiness with the muslim brotherhood just how religious base is this becoming now sectarian base
when the military council was in power before the elections after the elections so i think this is what we're going to continue to see from now on for some time now it's hard to predict what's going to happen and it will continue . to be angry about what what the government is doing so from your perspective how do you see that this is the revolution continuing some are saying that the morsi has started another revolution and he is saying he's protecting the revolution or is it just going in...
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i should have for i should feel that in a bit more rhetoric coming up the election that may not even happen that was her thought anyway. well that may well be the case the reality is that his government has proposed yet more subtle ones on top of all the settlements that are there and i would have thought it's high time that the rest of the world took seriously what israel says and does and says you stop the settlements or we start suspending trade agreements and withdrawing ambassadors just to show you that we do accept the u.n. results a u.n. decision of granting an enhanced observer status to palestine and therefore recognition of palestinian lives as you see it especially given what's happened over the last week how committed you think both sides are in achieving this two state solution. well the two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in an adult and the huge number of settlements across the west bank and the settlers and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggests that
i should have for i should feel that in a bit more rhetoric coming up the election that may not even happen that was her thought anyway. well that may well be the case the reality is that his government has proposed yet more subtle ones on top of all the settlements that are there and i would have thought it's high time that the rest of the world took seriously what israel says and does and says you stop the settlements or we start suspending trade agreements and withdrawing ambassadors just to...
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the ground many believe that this was a move by the tongue out of the head of january parliamentary elections to try to curry favor and votes within the domestic market. iran claims to have captured an american drone in this space the scan eagle aircraft was apparently conducting reconnaissance flight when it was seized but the u.s. naval forces responded saying all of the unmanned planes are accounted for university of tehran professor mohammad marandi says washington is responsible for heightening tensions united states is that we hate being in a very hostile manner towards iran the very fact that drawn to a cause and they going over iran in their spirit the americans are carrying out. psychological warfare against iran and they shut down the iranian central bank and preventing iran from even importing medicine some people have died because of a shortage of medicine in iran because of the sanctions that the u.n. the united states have imposed on the country that hurt them more than anyone else because it shows how aggressive western countries are behaving this heightened tensions because th
the ground many believe that this was a move by the tongue out of the head of january parliamentary elections to try to curry favor and votes within the domestic market. iran claims to have captured an american drone in this space the scan eagle aircraft was apparently conducting reconnaissance flight when it was seized but the u.s. naval forces responded saying all of the unmanned planes are accounted for university of tehran professor mohammad marandi says washington is responsible for...
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well to remember that he also very much involved himself in the internal politics the usa during the election campaign that can't even do it himself very much the administration the movement around the world for palestine for palestinian people is unprecedented netanyahu should wake up and recognize that jeremy corbin. turkey ready to push the trade turnover through over one hundred billion dollars a year just one of the big business announcements made a promise evening during president clinton's visit to mr ball but the two countries remain a lot of heads nonetheless over how to solve the conflict in syria which neighbors turkey has a really good meeting. syria dominated the press conference off the russian and turkish leaders to quote president putin we russia and turkey have common goals when it comes to syria but it's the methods of reaching that solution peaceful solution is that we cannot really quite agree on that just yet other than that of course you also spoke about the necessity of keeping out of the syrian issue there was a question. with a turkish journalist who said if there is
well to remember that he also very much involved himself in the internal politics the usa during the election campaign that can't even do it himself very much the administration the movement around the world for palestine for palestinian people is unprecedented netanyahu should wake up and recognize that jeremy corbin. turkey ready to push the trade turnover through over one hundred billion dollars a year just one of the big business announcements made a promise evening during president...
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they believe that it's almost a cheap route by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of january's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes the middle yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the tunnel government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of human lateral moves on the palestinian side there needs to first be negotiations and only then can that lead to talks there needs to be direct talks between both sides. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is brushing off criticism at home that he's worst in the country's diplomatic isolation he's vowing to press ahead anyway and build more settlements israeli academic miri eisin told me any viable peace solution needs work from both sides the decision that was made on thursday from my point of view was an israeli was anti israel not just pro palestinian i want to see something which is a win win situation one that's vote pro pa
they believe that it's almost a cheap route by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of january's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes the middle yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the tunnel government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of human lateral moves on the...
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and we in in order to do that we made elections and we rid of aleutian and with elections to choose someone to the present us and turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself however morsi claims his new powers are only temporary he nor any of the duke de bakey two in the world hitler will be will tell you it is a temporary thing it is full emergency it did pull does the serious the same thing sift usable on the president that will block and we stayed under emergency law for seventy years opponents say egypt's new constitution is too islamist could set the country on the road to religious dictatorship for some sections of society are keen to show their support for morsi and their scorn for judges who would block the constitution now i'm here to support the first the most you from so patient might it be for them is opposition from the constitutional court. or most of us knows that since. the most it is that he got elected by the people when it was that they fired for to his failure the rifts in society are undeniable and perhaps more even than or for a tarion ism the fear is that chaos
and we in in order to do that we made elections and we rid of aleutian and with elections to choose someone to the present us and turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself however morsi claims his new powers are only temporary he nor any of the duke de bakey two in the world hitler will be will tell you it is a temporary thing it is full emergency it did pull does the serious the same thing sift usable on the president that will block and we stayed under emergency law for seventy years...
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they believe that it's almost a cheap route by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of january's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes the middle yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the technology government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of unilateral moves on the palestinian side they need to first be negotiations and only then can that lead to talks there needs to be richt tool. between both sides. but washington's lambasted its main middle east partner over the settlement plan saying they're ruining the peace efforts but nonetheless prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed off criticism bowing to press ahead and continue construction. jeremy corbin told me he thinks television risking losing its allies netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine to exist support the righ
they believe that it's almost a cheap route by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of january's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes the middle yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the technology government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of unilateral moves on the...
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representation and articulation of goals to an elected -- elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government, both on the national and the local level, and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere, at least not in that striking as a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk about the personality of gadhafi, what motivated him, and people argue that the personalities of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, that's not quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i believe a quite intelligent person who had certain fixations and -- i'll try to be diplomatic here because -- [laughter] there's a lot of strangeness there that motivated his behavior in ways which i think were so bizarre that many of the people who are looking at this from the u.s. policy side -- felt, in a way, they were accustomed to the way of thinking about things, and that posed problems when you try to anticipate what he was going to do or respond to him. for example, you know, after the 1986 bombing in benghazi and tripoli, gadhafi was rumored to have gone into a tremendous funk for a period
representation and articulation of goals to an elected -- elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government, both on the national and the local level, and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere, at least not in that striking as a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk about the personality of gadhafi, what motivated him, and people argue that the personalities of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, that's not quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i...
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exit polls in romania suggested the ruling coalition has won the parliamentary elections prime minister will remain in power with what looks like an outright majority rival center right group allied allied to the president took about eighteen percent the first official results are expected to be announced on monday. thousands and thousands of americans say they want to break away from washington residents across the land have signed internet petitions saying that they don't want to be part of the united states anymore when a port that has the story. tonight. or tomorrow or here is that for a former colony won the right to determine its own best of the. test a perfect thing to argue you have moved forward. for weeks following barack obama's reelection nearly one million americans have moved forward by campaigning to break apart all fifty states have filed online petitions with the white house requesting to peacefully secede from this so-called perfecting union a movement that's garnered more than thirty thousand signatures in north carolina where many like michael toggled. see independen
exit polls in romania suggested the ruling coalition has won the parliamentary elections prime minister will remain in power with what looks like an outright majority rival center right group allied allied to the president took about eighteen percent the first official results are expected to be announced on monday. thousands and thousands of americans say they want to break away from washington residents across the land have signed internet petitions saying that they don't want to be part of...
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demonstrators blocked roads and torched vehicles demanding constitutional changes ahead of next year's election security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd. guerillas paramilitaries drug lords and now seemingly international corporations next a look at those behind colombia's four decades long civil war. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of americans fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy and free speech so to prove that americans live in a free country without any government spying the n.y.p.d. hunted down the anonymous artist and arrested him for expressing himself having arrested him at his residence they charged him with fifty six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons possession for having a deadly te
demonstrators blocked roads and torched vehicles demanding constitutional changes ahead of next year's election security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd. guerillas paramilitaries drug lords and now seemingly international corporations next a look at those behind colombia's four decades long civil war. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children...
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whatever happens in the elections, israel faces enormous challenges. on thursday last week, the united nations general assembly voted to recognize palestine as a non-member state. the cease-fire with hamas in gaza is fragile and temporary. the possibility of a nuclear iran has been called an existential threat to israel and throughout the middle east dictatorship which is could once be relied on to ensure israel's security are being replaced by unpredictable populist movements. i am pleased to have ehud olmert back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: do you disagree with anything i just said? >> (laughs) >> rose: (laughs) well, like -- that prime minister netanyahu is the favorite to win reelection. >> that's right. >> rose: that's clear. >> that's the appearance at this moment, yes. >> rose: you have not decided whether you're going to reenter politics. >> right. >> rose: if you did you would run in kadima? >> well, the idea was that if i run it will be in a group of a few different factions together. >> rose: where do you see israel at thi
whatever happens in the elections, israel faces enormous challenges. on thursday last week, the united nations general assembly voted to recognize palestine as a non-member state. the cease-fire with hamas in gaza is fragile and temporary. the possibility of a nuclear iran has been called an existential threat to israel and throughout the middle east dictatorship which is could once be relied on to ensure israel's security are being replaced by unpredictable populist movements. i am pleased to...
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they believe that it's almost a cheap move by meton now who to try and gain support ahead of genuine elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes b. and that's when yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just the netanyahu government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of unilateral moves on the palestinian side they need to first be negotiations and only then can that lead to talks there needs to be direct talks between both sides the israelis feeling that this was essentially a unilateral move amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is welcome it's on behalf of the palestinian authority now this has built a painful blow to the p.a. because essentially can only cover around seventeen percent of its needs the rest of the money comes from this tax money comes from the united states and from the euro
they believe that it's almost a cheap move by meton now who to try and gain support ahead of genuine elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes b. and that's when yahoo government essentially sees this but and perhaps i should say not just the netanyahu government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of unilateral moves on...
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coming back to co-opt and finally less than fifteen percent i'm convinced morsi is resignation and new elections are inevitable let us know what you think at r.t. dot com. the u.s. is preparing to send patriot missiles to turkey often need to approve the plan to defend itself against potential missile attacks from inside syria and america's also pressuring iraq to surge in syria bound planes for weapons even demanding it grounds all passing jets but baghdad isn't enthusiastic as marina but now reports. as the syrian government struggles to stay in power fighting against rebels backed by the west america is also attempting to suffocate the alleged weapons flying into damascus washington accuses iran of being the key arms supplier to assad forces and to stop the transfer the us is now reportedly demanding that baghdad inspect planes flying from iran over its airspace into syria and the american government unfortunately. very strong. in many other countries this is just one more amazing thing is the american government is saying that they can control flights over countries in force. force and. by d
coming back to co-opt and finally less than fifteen percent i'm convinced morsi is resignation and new elections are inevitable let us know what you think at r.t. dot com. the u.s. is preparing to send patriot missiles to turkey often need to approve the plan to defend itself against potential missile attacks from inside syria and america's also pressuring iraq to surge in syria bound planes for weapons even demanding it grounds all passing jets but baghdad isn't enthusiastic as marina but now...
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newbie's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes b. and that's when you know who government is same sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the time yahoo government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of human left to reach on the palestinian side the needs to first be negotiations and only then can that lead to talks there needs to be direct talks between both sides. tensions are rising off the turkey scrambled fighter jets to its border the syrian warplanes bombed rebel positions to discuss the syrian conflict in the face of a widening rift between the two as president putin visits will turkey has also to deploy patriot missiles on its border with syria says the move will only provoke. what he's really good reports from istanbul. and the latest incident on the turkish syrian border several of the shells from the bombs released by the syrian air force and their attempt to exterminate.
newbie's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes b. and that's when you know who government is same sees this but and perhaps i should say not just in the time yahoo government but many israelis feel that it was a one sided resolution that was put forward at the united nations and the point being made by the government is that they cannot be any kind of human left to reach on the palestinian side the needs to first be negotiations and only then can that lead...
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after grant was elected president, he appointed washbou rne secretary of state. washbourne became ill. his family felt for his life -- there for his life. he submitted his resignation. grant accepted his resignation. over the next couple of months, he regained his health, which was always fragile. grant offered him the position as minister of france and ambassador. >> michael hill, elihu washbourne. the only diplomat from a major power to stay during the siege of paris. son and 9:00. >> first lady mr. obama welcome to military families to the white house for this season's first u.s. of holiday decorations. the theme is the way to all. the white house christmas tree is decorated by children living on u.s. military bases around the world. the first lady's remarks are about 15 minutes. > [applause] >> hi, everyone. welcome to the white house. prequel, hu? yeah. let me start by thanking jennifer for that lovely introduction and to welcome her family here as well. her father and her husband. we are so grateful for your service and glad you could be here. thank you, je
after grant was elected president, he appointed washbou rne secretary of state. washbourne became ill. his family felt for his life -- there for his life. he submitted his resignation. grant accepted his resignation. over the next couple of months, he regained his health, which was always fragile. grant offered him the position as minister of france and ambassador. >> michael hill, elihu washbourne. the only diplomat from a major power to stay during the siege of paris. son and 9:00....
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and tens of thousands in kuwait demand the dissolution of elected parliament the pictures don't put. it in prime minister mario monti who heads a non-elected cabinet of technocrats says he plans to resign news came just hours after the country's former pm so we're both skinny announced he's to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections on thursday but it's going to people of freedom party withdrew it from the government he says auntie's austerity policies home and italy and that he hoped to be the country out of the financial crisis and seventy six year old has already served as if his prime minister for three separate terms is currently caught up in a number of scandals using tax fraud convictions which he's appealing and accusations of paying for sex with an underage prostitute something he denies. as well in president chavez has announced he's suffering from cancer once again the distance tests show the return. somewhat movement cells in the same area where tumors had been previously removed he said to return to cuba where he's already received the cancer treatment to u
and tens of thousands in kuwait demand the dissolution of elected parliament the pictures don't put. it in prime minister mario monti who heads a non-elected cabinet of technocrats says he plans to resign news came just hours after the country's former pm so we're both skinny announced he's to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections on thursday but it's going to people of freedom party withdrew it from the government he says auntie's austerity policies home and italy and that he...
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the third in a free election in 2000 we would not for about iran today. we would not worry about the nuke. i suggest adjusting the pic of democratic process will give you a better chance of evolution undertook readership we might not have to wait that long to see that evolution happened. [inaudible] >> no, there wasn't. then enough free election amongst people who were at 110 diehard revolutionaries. i suggest evolution will be greater under a democratic system we just have as much coding as he cut in iran. >> work and have to leave it here. please give a round of applause to our panelists. [applause] >> y a reacher's institute? >> i think a reacher's institute is something that is very important in the culture. we are a culture of words, of voices. words are keys to our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page census of writing, but i do that there's no other art form so readily accessible other than perhaps film, which we work with, too. but it is something -- there is something in literatur
the third in a free election in 2000 we would not for about iran today. we would not worry about the nuke. i suggest adjusting the pic of democratic process will give you a better chance of evolution undertook readership we might not have to wait that long to see that evolution happened. [inaudible] >> no, there wasn't. then enough free election amongst people who were at 110 diehard revolutionaries. i suggest evolution will be greater under a democratic system we just have as much coding...
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s elected mailers councillors journalist and so on who are in prison who have not been well not been sentenced by the turkish courts yet only recently they were given the basic right to make a statement or a defense in their mother tongue so there's a lot of problems still existing in turkey and kurds are not only students of turkey but there are also millions of kurds who are students of iran who are students of iraq and who are students of syria so it's a very complex matter if turkey of the current government of turkey is keen to see it as good as question they need to start thinking regionally rather than only about kurds within turkey you know they always come up with do with the issue of p.k. k. being a fighting force in turkey in iraq or in come to the mountains between iraq and iran and then also the us use that as an excuse to continue in their mistreatment of kurdish political activists and so on and within turkish territory but that is a problem and he says brown prime minister erdogan has done a lot for kurds which is you know everyone agrees on that but prime minister er
s elected mailers councillors journalist and so on who are in prison who have not been well not been sentenced by the turkish courts yet only recently they were given the basic right to make a statement or a defense in their mother tongue so there's a lot of problems still existing in turkey and kurds are not only students of turkey but there are also millions of kurds who are students of iran who are students of iraq and who are students of syria so it's a very complex matter if turkey of the...